User blog:Gcheung28/Holiday Know Days: Community Choice Awards Winners



Happy New Year, Wikians!

Now 2013 has officially come to a close, and - with it - the polls for the 2013 Community Choice Awards are also officially closed. And wow did the universe of fandom speak up - with over 17,000 votes cast.

Out of 60 categories, we saw a handful of very obvious shoe-in winners but also quite a few total surprises. Without further adieu, we present the winners as selected by you!

To see how the polls went, click here!

Video Games
Game of the Year: Tomb Raider

Best Next-Gen Launch Game: Assassin’s Creed IV

Best New IP: The Last of Us

Character of the Year: Edward Kenway from Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag

Best Story: The Last of Us

Best Original Score: GTA V

Scariest Game: The Last of Us

Best Sci-Fi Game: BioShock Infinite

Best Fantasy Game: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Best Superhero Game: Batman: Arkham Origins

Best Competitive Game: Pokemon X and Y

Best Persistent World Game: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn

Biggest Surprise: Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Expansion of the Year: Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep

Most Challenging Game: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Most Eccentric Game: Saints Row 4

Best Sandbox Game: GTAV

Best Setting: Los Santos (GTA V)

Best Weapon: Jerry Can from GTA V

Best Gadget: Sky Hook from BioShock Infinite

Style
Best Beauty Trend: Pixie Hair Cut

Best Fashion Trend:  Plaid Coats

Best Red Carpet Style: Jennifer Lawrence @ Oscars

Worst Red Carpet Style: Lena Dunham @ Emmy Awards

Books
Best Fantasy Book: The Bone Season

Best Sci-Fi Book: Dust by Hugh Howey

Best YA Book: House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Best Book-to-Movie Adaptation: Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best Male Character - YA: Magnus Bane (The Mortal Instruments)

Best Female Character - YA: Annabeth Chase (House of Hades)

Food, Drinks, and Fun
Best Food Trend: Cupcake ATM

Best Drink/Cocktail Trend: Maple Latté

Best Hot Toy of 2013: New gaming consoles

Best Meme: Miley Cyrus at VMA

Coolest Tech Gadget: New gaming consoles

Movies
Movie of the Year: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best Movie Hero: Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Best Movie Villain: President Snow (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Best Movie Moment: Tony Stark armor hops in his fight against Aldrich Killian (Iron Man 3)

Best Summer Movie: Iron Man 3

TV
Show of the Year: Doctor Who

Best TV Character: The Doctor (Doctor Who)

TV Character You Love to Hate: Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones)

Best Series Finale: Breaking Bad

Best Animated Series: Adventure Time

Comics
Comic Book of the Year: Batman

Manga of the Year: Naruto

Best Story Arc: “Death of the Family” (Batman, DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot: Batman #12

Best Comic Book Character: Batman

Music
Best Song: “Radioactive” (Imagine Dragons)

Best Solo Music Artist: Macklemore

Best Music Group: Daft Punk

Best Album: The 20/20 Experience (Justin Timberlake)

Best Music Video: “The Fox” (Ylvis)

Anime
Best New Anime: Attack on Titan

Best Anime Story Arc: “Grand Magic Games Arc” (Fairy Tail)

Favorite Anime Male Character: Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)

Favorite Anime Female Character: Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)

Best OVA of the Year: Fairy Tail x Rave